Acceleration

As I entered off the interstate the car made a whistle and would not accelerate. It is a 2014 TDI with 80,000 miles. Car will start and idols fine but will not go over 39mph and now check engine light is on.

1 Answer

the check engine light indicate a fault on the engine and this are the things to check on this kind of situation.
*catalyst sensor: when it faulty it might be disturbing brain box capacity and it will be doing that when it hot
*throttle actuator: when the spring do not return it will make the car not to accelerate
*brainbox: can also make it not to accelerate if it faulty
*throttle pedal: if it faulty it might also cus it
and try to diagonise the car when it do not accelerate so you can get exact fault.

I have a VW Passat 1.8, 2000 petrol engine, it's old and has high mileage but has been
fine until recently. The symptoms started with the engine faltering while driving, lack of
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